Faisal Rathore to take over PM role in AJK after Haq was unseated

The PPP appears poi­sed to elevate its regi­onal sec­retary general, Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, to the coveted office of prime minister in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) by voting out the incumbent, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, with a sweeping majority in Monday’s Legislative Assembly session. The resolution for a vote of no confidence against Mr Haq was submitted to the Assembly secretariat on Friday afternoon. Sho­rtly afterwards, Speaker Chaudhry Latif Akbar summoned the Assembly to meet at 3pm on Monday.